Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 340 The plan cannot keep up with the changes

It turns out that these four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong Island are all bark and no bite.

On his way back to his villa in the Second Ring Road that evening, Zhang Yan couldn't help but sigh.

According to Andy Lau, because the company's previous film investment suffered heavy losses, he had to go to great lengths to stabilize the situation. If this film also loses money, then both the old and new debts would have to be settled together.

If several shareholders and creditors tighten credit at the same time, he will probably have to work hard to take on two or three years of bad movies before he can recover.

This is also the main reason why he agreed to return to the small screen; acting in Jin Yong dramas is much better than acting in a bunch of cheap, money-grabbing films in the past.

Return to the villa.

Zhang Yan ate a bit too much for lunch, so he made some milk powder to drink and then took a bath in the large bathtub.

I didn't think much of it when I was playing in the water with Chen Hong last time, but this time when I was using the bathtub alone, I realized how impractical it was. It takes about twenty minutes to fill it with water, and I have to keep testing the water temperature during that time.

However, the feeling of soaking in it is quite nice.

Zhang Yan was lying in the bathtub with his legs crossed, flipping through a magazine, when his mobile phone suddenly rang.

He crawled to the edge of the pond, stretching out his arm with great difficulty to reach it. After answering the call, he heard Zhou Tao ask from the other end, "When are you coming back tonight?"

"You went to the China World Trade Center again?!"

Zhang Yan was surprised and somewhat frustrated. He wondered if the woman had been putting on an act that morning. Otherwise, how could she dare to provoke him after being thoroughly beaten up?

"I came over right after work, and I even cooked a few dishes..."

"No, you don't come home every night, doesn't that person have any suspicions?"

"Do you really think he knew absolutely nothing about it?"

"..."

Hearing the resentful voice on the other end, Zhang Yan remained silent for a long time before saying helplessly, "I should be able to arrive in about half an hour."

Being a scumbag isn't so easy.

He had originally planned to rest up that night and have a good chat with Tao Hong the next day, but plans never go as expected.

After getting out of the bath and dressing, Zhang Yan drove to the Guomao Courtyard.

Upon entering the living room, one could see several dishes covered on the dining table and melodious music playing from the television, but Zhou Tao was nowhere to be seen.

Just as Zhang Yan was about to call out, he saw a graceful figure emerge from the bedroom, wearing high heels over ten centimeters tall, her long, beautiful legs encased in semi-transparent black stockings, hidden beneath a gourd-shaped, pure black bodycon skirt.

The bodycon skirt suddenly tightened from the armpits, first binding it into two inverted jade bowl shapes, then shrinking into two thin ropes hanging around the snow-white neck.

At this moment, Zhang Yan felt as if he had entered a dream again, because he had only seen similar outfits in that time-travel dream before.

But those are all 2D pictures; they can't compare to the vibrant and lively scene right in front of you.
Zhang Yan subconsciously swallowed: "Where did you get this outfit?"

Zhou Tao smiled brightly, took cat-like steps, and swung her two smooth, jade-like arms as she approached Zhang Yan. She stood on tiptoe, put her elbows on Zhang Yan's shoulders, and brought her cherry-red lips close to Zhang Yan's ear.

"Didn't you want us to change our style of dress? What do you think of this outfit?"

The sounds, mixed with a sweet fragrance, made Zhang Yan's earlobes feel hot.

He tilted his head slightly and asked, "If I say it's not very good, do you want to go change into something else?"

"Disgusting~"

Zhou Tao playfully poked his chest: "I finally managed to get this set, where am I going to get anything else?"

After saying that, she pulled Zhang Yan to the dining table, turned one of the chairs to the side, and gestured for Zhang Yan to sit down.

Then she sat down on Zhang Yan's lap, facing him, with one arm around his neck and the other hand flipping over the bowls and plates covering the food. She said sweetly, "Have you eaten? Do you want me to feed you?"

Seeing her lightly purse her cherry lips, Zhang Yan had no doubt that she was going to feed him 'bit by bit'.

“Wait, wait!”

He quickly stopped Zhou Tao's hand as he reached for the chopsticks: "Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious. You'd better tell me what you need first, otherwise I'm afraid you've put something in the food." "Pah!"

Hearing Zhang Yan say this, Zhou Tao poked him in the chest and spat, "You, Ximen Qing, do you want to impersonate Wu Dalang?"

Neither of these two Zhang Yan wanted to be one.

But he didn't refute it; he just leaned back and stared at Zhou Tao, waiting for Zhou Tao to give an explanation.

"Nothing else."

Seeing that the method of getting on the bus first and then forcing customers to pay the fare was not working, Zhou Tao became a little more serious and said helplessly, "The variety show invited the famous director Chen Kaige as an outside helper. The production team is worried that minor adjustments are no match for him, so they have put the pressure on me."

Zhang Yan retorted, "So you ended up on top of me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tao swayed on his lap and moved closer to the core of the room, saying in a sweet voice, "What, is it not allowed?"

It has to be said that when this top-tier host starts to act coquettishly, his charm is absolutely unmatched, not to mention that Xiong Da and Xiong Er are practically shoving each other in Zhang Yan's face.

"It's not impossible."

Zhang Yan was also quite curious about what ideas Chen Kaige could come up with for "Variety Show," after all, his film "Farewell My Concubine" was indeed of high quality.

But he wasn't ready to get involved right now: "Your 'Zhengda Variety Show' has been doing pretty well in terms of ratings lately, there's no need to rush into a revamp—Chen Kaige isn't a professional at this, what if it gets worse with each revamp?"

"How about this: if Director Chen really takes 'Variety Show' to the next level, then I'll agree to help your 'Zhengda Variety Show' turn things around. Is that alright?"

After thinking it over, Zhou Tao felt that the production team was indeed being a bit paranoid. Since Zhang Yan had agreed to strike back, he had fulfilled the task assigned by the producer and chief planner.

So he picked up a spring roll with his chopsticks, put it in his mouth and passed it to Zhang Yan, saying indistinctly, "Then it's settled."

Zhang Yan chewed a few times, swallowed half a spring roll, and chuckled, "Tearing it in two isn't a good omen."

"Then I'll put another whole one on your plate."

As Zhou Tao reached out her chopsticks, Zhang Yan stopped her with a raised hand. Without saying a word, he placed his hand on her cool, smooth shoulder and pressed down on it gently.

Zhou Tao had known him for quite some time, and immediately spat lightly. Then, her body, wrapped in a silk skirt, slid down like a beautiful snake...

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at the same time.

The hostesses at the New Grand Hotel finally finished their evening work and arrived at the staff canteen, their stomachs rumbling with hunger.

Perhaps because it was the last day, or perhaps because of the unexpected incident at noon, two fruit platters were prepared in addition to the standard staff meal for dinner.

Li Xue first broke off a banana, peeled it, and held it to her mouth, but instead of eating it, she reported to her sister next to her: "I heard that woman couldn't make it in the industry for a long time, the pressure of life was too great, and she had to accompany some people from time to time... so she got hooked on that stuff under the influence of others."

After saying that, she put the peeled banana into her mouth.

Li Bingbing shook his head and said, "Becoming famous isn't that easy."

"You are different."

Upon hearing this, Li Xue pulled out the banana again and said confidently, "Sister, I believe you will definitely become famous in the future. After all, even a big star like President Chen has taken a liking to you!"

As he spoke, he put the banana back into his mouth.

Li Bingbing sighed and said softly, "I hope so. I wonder what Mr. Chen will do for us after we get to the film crew."

"We'll see when the time comes."

Li Xue vaguely replied, "There's always a way out. Yuanmeng is a legitimate company, at least they won't sell us out."

"Then how should we sell it..."

Li Bingbing sighed softly, "Some teachers at our school even sell their students."

(End of this chapter)